Sigalhemi, I just returned from tonight’s performance and could not agree more with your remarks. This performance made me feel as if i was in these unfamiliar grasslands of Mongolia. However, AnDa Union’s charming manner along with their creation of sounds replicating natural phenomena made these grasslands beautifully familiar.
The overtone singing kept me searching for new instruments only to find that one person could be singing a variety of notes at one time. The song Holy Mountain featured one man (Chinggel?) playing moadin chor out of the side of his mouth while throat singing two notes. This created a beautifully enrapturing one person band.
Galloping horses sounded exactly as the name calls to mind, multiplied by the performers’ dynamic movement and the carved horse head of the fiddle they played. This morin huur, or horse headed fiddle, creates the perfect whinny for the song.